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    sea dangler
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        oils on canvas board size 21 x 33 inches.
        composition from my imagination,it shows the Ark Royal gracing the Liverpool waterfront during her Mersey trials 1954.
        C&C welcome,Dave

        #822509
        Bizzibee
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            Excellent Dave. I get the feeling your feelings about the Mersey are as strong as mine are for the Tyne. Rivers are wonderful things, aren’t they?

            'One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star': Friedrich Nietzsche

            #822506
            sea dangler
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                Thank you for your comment Bizzibee,yes i do love the Mersey as you do the Tyne.I used to be an officer in the Merchant Navy and enjoyed visiting rivers all over the World.Paintings like this one are meant to be historical to keep alive the memories of the great ports of Britain.
                Dave

                #822504

                Dave, this is just phenomenal work!

                Kay

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                #822505
                vegaskip
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                    Spent nearly three years of my life in the ‘Ark’ in the early sixties. Took me to the Far East twice, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Okinawa, Australia, East Africa, Persian Gulf. I had the great privilege of being a member of her Flight Deck Team, taking part in more than a thousand launch and recoveries of the then state of the art Jets (now the ones that survive are in Museums!. Maybe I should join them.)
                    Lovely nostalgic painting of her Dave. Our ‘part of Ship,’ for maintenance was the Flight Deck and ‘Island’ ( the bit with the funnel on it) over the time I was on board I must have physically painted several acres of her!
                    Jim

                    #822507
                    sea dangler
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                        Kay…thank you for your comment,a lot of the work was spent on doing research of the weather conditions and the vessels present on that day.
                        Jim…thank you for your comment it sounds like she was an important event in your life for those 3 years.
                        Dave

                        #822508
                        sea dangler
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                            The other vessels in the scene are the Isle of man ferry boat at the landing stage,2 Cock tugboats escorting the Ark Royal,Mersey ferry Wallasey passing and the Mersey Docks and Harbour board Fire and Salvage vessel Vigilant on standby.
                            Dave

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